The author has posted that this is a first hand account; ie: he was there. Good enough for you? I guess the test will have to be - do Jesse's comments fit his normal template....answer is - yes!
As for a source to be necessary to meaningfullness.... Virtually all the press refuse to give their sources. Do you reject all press accounts (including conservative press reports) out of hand?
Sometimes we are left to evaluate reality for ourselves - sources or not!
>>Good enough for you?>>
No.
I won't believe it until some respected journalist like Dan Rather says it! (Aren't you supposed to be working today?)